a question about budding and black light

[bigfrog@nowhere.com]

a friend suggested that i could increase yeald, without sacraficing
quality. if i put my plant under black light, after she gets her 12
hrs of mixed sun-grolamp light. is this true? does a bug zapper give
the right color of light??

[pH]

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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, bigfrog@nowhere.com wrote:
>a friend suggested that i could increase yeald, without sacraficing
>quality. if i put my plant under black light, after she gets her 12
>hrs of mixed sun-grolamp light. is this true?

No, not really. There's always been some debate over whether or not more
infra red light will increase quality. Same thing as growing pot at high
alititudes where it receives more infra red naturally. But I've never seen
it attributed to measurably higher yields. Your friend may have it
backwards though, in that he may mean it could increase quality without
sacrificing yield. Furthermore, what's different in your case is that
you're talking about adding more time to the photoperiod instead of just
augmenting a normal 12 hours flowering photoperiod by adding more infra red
light to your normal lights. In that case I do think you would end up
yielding slightly less, taking longer to do it because of the longer
flowering photoperiod, and perhaps even risk hermaphroditism.

>does a bug zapper give
>the right color of light??

I don't know, but I wouldn't let the color fool you. Though black lights
appear to be blue, you can't get that day-glo effect they give from an
incandescent bulb that's merely been painted blue. Much of what you're
after is in the invisible spectrum anyhow, I believe.

pH

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[Moon Doggie]

On 24 Aug 2003 07:28:32 -0000, pH <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]>
wrote:

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>On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, bigfrog@nowhere.com wrote:
>>a friend suggested that i could increase yeald, without sacraficing
>>quality. if i put my plant under black light, after she gets her 12
>>hrs of mixed sun-grolamp light. is this true?
>
>No, not really. There's always been some debate over whether or not more
>infra red light will increase quality. Same thing as growing pot at high
>alititudes where it receives more infra red naturally. But I've never seen
>it attributed to measurably higher yields. Your friend may have it
>backwards though, in that he may mean it could increase quality without
>sacrificing yield. Furthermore, what's different in your case is that
>you're talking about adding more time to the photoperiod instead of just
>augmenting a normal 12 hours flowering photoperiod by adding more infra red
>light to your normal lights. In that case I do think you would end up
>yielding slightly less, taking longer to do it because of the longer
>flowering photoperiod, and perhaps even risk hermaphroditism.
>
>>does a bug zapper give
>>the right color of light??
>
>I don't know, but I wouldn't let the color fool you. Though black lights
>appear to be blue, you can't get that day-glo effect they give from an
>incandescent bulb that's merely been painted blue. Much of what you're
>after is in the invisible spectrum anyhow, I believe.
>
>pH
>
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I think you guys mean ultraviolet, not infrared. There is more
ultraviolet at higher altitudes, which is how the theory got started;
but has not been proved conclusively. In any case, blacklight is
useless. The only kind of ultraviolet light that might help is the
type that is very dangerous to be around. Most places don't even sell
those dangerous UV lights anymore (for legal liability reasons),
because they can cause skin cancer and blindness; and I wouldn't get
into that stuff at all if I were you.

Keep on truckin'
- Moon Doggie -

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[bigfrog@nowhere.com]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:16:31 GMT, bigfrog@nowhere.com wrote:

>a friend suggested that i could increase yeald, without sacraficing
>quality. if i put my plant under black light, after she gets her 12
>hrs of mixed sun-grolamp light. is this true? does a bug zapper give
>the right color of light??
ok. thanks. i thought it may be a half-baked idea. bigfrog@nowhere.com

[pH]

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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, moondoggie@xyzxyzxyz.com (Moon Doggie) wrote:
>On 24 Aug 2003 07:28:32 -0000, pH <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]>
>wrote:
>
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>>On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, bigfrog@nowhere.com wrote:
>>>a friend suggested that i could increase yeald, without sacraficing
>>>quality. if i put my plant under black light, after she gets her 12
>>>hrs of mixed sun-grolamp light. is this true?
>>
>>No, not really. There's always been some debate over whether or not more
>>infra red light will increase quality. Same thing as growing pot at high
>>alititudes where it receives more infra red naturally. But I've never seen
>>it attributed to measurably higher yields. Your friend may have it
>>backwards though, in that he may mean it could increase quality without
>>sacrificing yield. Furthermore, what's different in your case is that
>>you're talking about adding more time to the photoperiod instead of just
>>augmenting a normal 12 hours flowering photoperiod by adding more infra red
>>light to your normal lights. In that case I do think you would end up
>>yielding slightly less, taking longer to do it because of the longer
>>flowering photoperiod, and perhaps even risk hermaphroditism.
>>
>>>does a bug zapper give
>>>the right color of light??
>>
>>I don't know, but I wouldn't let the color fool you. Though black lights
>>appear to be blue, you can't get that day-glo effect they give from an
>>incandescent bulb that's merely been painted blue. Much of what you're
>>after is in the invisible spectrum anyhow, I believe.
>>
>>pH
>>
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>
>I think you guys mean ultraviolet, not infrared.

Yeaaaah, dat's the wurd I wuz lookin' fer;-)

pH

> There is more
>ultraviolet at higher altitudes, which is how the theory got started;
>but has not been proved conclusively. In any case, blacklight is
>useless. The only kind of ultraviolet light that might help is the
>type that is very dangerous to be around. Most places don't even sell
>those dangerous UV lights anymore (for legal liability reasons),
>because they can cause skin cancer and blindness; and I wouldn't get
>into that stuff at all if I were you.
>
>Keep on truckin'
>- Moon Doggie -
>
>For a wealth of information about growing and related topics, go to:
>http://www.angelfire.com/cantina/fourtwenty/articles/adpcfaq.htm
>IMPORTANT: Are you new to adpc? Get some freedom from Usenet junk
>posts in adpc, and see if YOUR posts are being kill filtered as junk!
>Read the adpcFreedom FAQ at
>http://www.angelfire.com/clone/cacher/freedom/adpcFreedomFAQ.htm
>
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>Before growing, make sure you know about legal restrictions and penalties
>that may exist where you live.
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